About Pax Christi Palm Beach

MONTHLY MEETINGS at St. Mark’s in Boynton Beach

We meet the 2nd Sunday of the month, 1PM after the noon Mass at St. Mark Church in Boynton Beach. We meet in the St. Clare Room in the former school buildings on the north side of the church. When you enter the parking lot the closest parking will be to your left. We are in the one story building on the west end of the school buildings. There is a large sign which says “St. Clare Room”.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, October 15, 2016: “The Power of God’s Mercy” with Sr. Helen Prejean

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, West Palm Beach. Noon.

St. Patrick Catholic Church in the Parish Hall

13591 Prosperity Farms Rd, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

The presentation is no charge but reservations are required to ensure seating for all. Please email Sisterhelentickets@yahoo.com and leave your name, email, and phone number with the number of tickets required (up to 5).

Autographed books will be available for purchase after the presentation!

DEATH PENALTY VIGILS

During Florida executions, Pax Christi Palm Beach members gather before the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola on Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens. We meet at 5:30 PM and stand in silence from 5:45-6:15 on the street corner of Holly Drive and Military Trail. This witness is to publicly oppose the public killing that is being done in our name.

PAX CHRISTI MISSION

Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and action to transform structures of society.

Pax Christi USA rejects war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.

Pax Christi USA commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority in the Catholic Church in the United States.

Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.

"War is a scandal to be mourned every day. We see war in the newspapers ever and we're used to reading about it: the number of its victims is just part of our daily accounts. We hold events to commemorate the centenary of the Great War and everyone is scandalized by the many millions of dead. But today it's the same... instead of one great war, there are small wars everywhere. When we were children in Sunday School and we were told the story of Cain and Abel, we couldn't accept that someone would kill their own brother. And yet today millions kill their own brothers and we're used to it: there are entire peoples divided, killing each other over a piece of land, a racial hatred, an ambition.

Think of the children starving in refugee camps... these are the fruits of war. And then think of the great dining rooms, of the parties held by those who control the arms industry, who produce weapons. Compare a sick, starving child in a refugee camp with the big parties, the good life led by the masters of the arms trade. And remember, that the wars, the hatred, the hostility aren't products we buy at the market: they're right here, in our hearts. The Apostle James gives us a simple piece of advice: 'Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.' But the spirit of war, which draws us away from God, doesn't just reside in distant parts of the world: the spirit of war comes from our own hearts."

- Homily given by Pope Francis at the Casa San Marta on February 25, 2014